10 Awful Movies From 2018 With Awesome Concepts
2. Venom
The Pitch: Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a journalist who finds himself bonded to an alien symbiote, bringing out his innermost desires in the process.
The Reality: It was tough not to be intrigued when Tom Hardy was cast as Eddie Brock, because he's a wonderful actor and a far better casting choice than Topher Grace was in Spider-Man 3.
But between an agonisingly formulaic screenplay and flat direction from the inconsistent Ruben Fleischer, Venom couldn't help but feel like a dated superhero movie dragged kicking and screaming from the early 2000s.
From its nonsensical plot to its inconsistent tone, boring characters, lame villain and hilariously bad sequel-bait ending, Venom is a colossal squandering of a potential-riddled premise.
It's at least weird and bizarre enough to be mildly interesting, but Hardy's involvement should've inspired a much more thoughtful and satisfying film than this.